Aboriginal people in remote communities fear they could be hit hardest by welfare measures announced in the federal budget and are uncertain how changes will be applied.

Plans for a six-month waiting period for unemployment benefits for people under 30 have raised concerns that people who struggle to access work and training because of geography will be left out of pocket.

There is little detail about how the Government plans to rein in welfare and how Work For The Dole would apply in remote areas.

People with poor literacy, a disability and sole parents who are primary carers are expected to be exempted.

There is also uncertainty over the impact of more than $500 million of savings announced in the budget through the streamlining of more than 150 Indigenous programs and activities.

Non-government Indigenous service providers have been told they have six to 12 months of extra funding, but the Government is not making any promises after that.

A statement from the office of Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews said there was no automatic exemption to welfare changes for remote areas.

However jobseekers participating in the Remote Jobs and Communities Program equivalent who were identified as having defined barriers to work would be exempt.

"We want to help people move into employment when they are able to do so," Mr Andrews said.

Review's impact on job prospects unclear

The Government is expected to release mining magnate Andrew Forrest's review of Indigenous employment in the coming weeks to feed into a new Indigenous employment strategy.

The Parliamentary Secretary for the Prime Minister, Alan Tudge, said the Government's Indigenous employment strategy would be released after Mr Forrest's report is received.

"We want all young people to either be working or in study or at least doing something constructive in the community," Mr Tudge said.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda said it was not clear how the Government was planning to improve job prospects for Indigenous people in regional and remote communities.

"What we do know is that there's lots of people very anxious and being very stressed out there at the moment," he said.

"We've got to make sure that there are appropriate jobs, there are appropriate educational training facilities in those places that those people can access if they can't access this welfare safety net."

If Senate passes the welfare changes, the Government said the changes would be introduced gradually in regional areas and the new Indigenous jobs strategy would make it easier for people to find work.

Concerns over skills shortages

James Gaykamangu shares a rented house in Darwin's Bagot Aboriginal community with 13 other family members, including his children and grandchildren.

Mr Gaykamangu works as an Aboriginal interpreter but his adult children are on welfare support.

The family rely on the welfare payments to make ends meet.

He said his adult children have had jobs in the past but have not been able to continue working.

"It's too hard to find a job around because of their skill, they don't have enough skill," he said.

Mr Gaykamangu says he is worried the Government plans to wind back welfare will make a hard situation worse.